theuerner



(No Model.)

0. J. THEUERNER.

LOGKET.

Patented Oct; 4

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

CHRISTOPHER J. THEUERNER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THEUERNER & UMBAOH, OF SAME PLACE.

LOCK ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,999, dated October 4, 1881. Application filed September 10,1881. (No model.

To aZLw/zom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER J. 1 HEU- ERNER, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lockets, Charms, &c.,

of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to lockets, charms, pendants, &c., made to carry some souvenir; and it consists in making themjointless with a-socket and detachable box for holding the keepsake.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of the device. Fig. 2 shows the box detached. Fig.3 is a sectional view showing the two parts of the locketin combination. In my construction I dispense with covers, sliding, jointed, or loose, and make a case, A, having a socket, B, opening usually, but not necessarily, from the lower side or end. Into this socket I slide a box, 0, which is adapted, by removing a front plate or mat and glass on either side, to receive a picture or other souvenir. This box has on each side a spring, D,

having a hole, E, near the end, to engage a catch, F, on the inside of the case when the box is pressed in, in order to hold it in place.

The frame G, in which the case is hung, has

arms H, with loose bearings I passing through the sides of the case, and having points made by pressing on the outside of the bearings to extend into the case and press the spring above the pin F, and carry it in free of said catch, when the box U maybe withdrawn. Therefore,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a locket or analogous article having the jointless socketed case, in combination with a detachable sliding box, constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The jointless socketed case and the detachablesliding box C,provided with the spring D, in combination with the loose bearings I, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a locket, the loose bearings I, supporting the arms H, and adapted to operate the springs D, substantially as and for the purpose named.

CHRISTOPHER J. THEUERNER. Witnesses:

HORACE HARRIS, E. UMBAOH. 

